Hey, these are wonderful. Some of the rhymes pushed the envelope a bit, but I loved laughing over your words this morning. Yes, watercolors. I found a big, Samsonite, rolling briefcase at an estate sale. The head of a department at SDSU used it until it sagged and bagged delightfully. I have presqueezed colors into old “sets.” And The thing has room for two pallets as well as all the other stuff one needs. Even paper. But today the fog has rolled in thickly so no painting.

I had a few occasions to help write the New Year’s poem while onboard the boats.. Do you know how hard it is to find a rhyme for COMSUBLANT or COMSUBRON SIX?

As for ringing the ship’s bell “eight bells for the old year, eight for the new”…..it was hard to do while underwater — the bell was in some locker, someplace…securely lashed in. It wasn’t something you’d want rolling around on the deck during “angles and dangles.”

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